The Griffith Park and its observatory are popular tourist hot-spots, but the trees there have been plagued by ladybug and bark beetles, both of which can be detrimental to a tree's livelihood.

In an interview with the LA Times, LA councilman Tom Labonge said a tree would be replanted in Harrison's honor. He told the paper, Harrison, who developed a charming sense of humor, "likely would have been amused by the irony."